Sounding more like his old man with every passing year, Baxter Dury also sounds more confident than ever on Prince of Tears, his fifth album.
Picking up where he left off on 2014's It's a Pleasure, Dury populates Prince of Tears with a rocky, Euro-disco, tongue-in-cheek allusion to his father's peak, which also provides useful support for his song-poems.
Each of Dury's songs are deliberately shorn of excess -- there are no more hooks than necessary, no more beats than needed, the hooks are streamlined and slim -- which draws attention to the economy of his words and his wry delivery.
All of this is familiar, so what counts on Prince of Tears is execution, and from top to bottom, it's one of his strongest albums, benefitting from his assurance and lack of nonsense.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MiamiBaxter Dury, Ben Gallagher, Madelaine Hart | Baxter Dury | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | PorcelainRose Elinor Dougall, Baxter Dury, Ben Gallagher | Baxter Dury | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | MungoBaxter Dury, Ben Gallagher, Madelaine Hart | Baxter Dury | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | ListenBaxter Dury, Madelaine Hart | Baxter Dury | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Almond MilkBaxter Dury, Ben Gallagher, Jason Williamson | Baxter Dury | Play | 01:47 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Letter BombBaxter Dury, Ben Gallagher | Baxter Dury | Play | 01:42 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | OiBaxter Dury | Baxter Dury | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | AugustBaxter Dury | Baxter Dury | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | WannaRose Elinor Dougall, Baxter Dury | Baxter Dury | Play | 02:17 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Prince of TearsBaxter Dury, Ben Gallagher, Madelaine Hart | Baxter Dury | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 29 mins | 68 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Ames | Viola |
| 2 | Anisa Arslanagic | Viola |
| 3 | Tom Beard | Photography |
| 4 | Greg Calbi | Mastering |
| 5 | Alex Cowper | Design, Layout |
| 6 | Cameron Craig | String Engineer |
| 7 | Flora Curzon | Violin |
| 8 | Pauline Dageville | Project Manager |
| 9 | Joseph Davies | Conductor, String Arrangements |
| 10 | Mandhira De Saram | Violin |
| 11 | Fabienne Débarre | Orchestra, Piano, Synthesizer |
| 12 | Paloma Deike | Violin |
| 13 | Rose Elinor Dougall | Composer, Vocals |
| 14 | Baxter Dury | Composer, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals, Wurlitzer |
| 15 | Billy Fuller | Bass, Orchestra |
| 16 | Ben Gallagher | Composer, Orchestra, Synthesizer |
| 17 | Phil Granell | Violin |
| 18 | Madelaine Hart | Composer, Vocals |
| 19 | Jason Williamson | Composer, Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 20 | Sergio Lopez | Cello |
| 21 | Joanne Miller | Viola |
| 22 | Mike Moore | Additional Production, Guitar |
| 23 | Chloë Pilon | Executive Producer |
| 24 | Damon Reece | Drums |
| 25 | Stéphanie Rophille | Executive Producer |
| 26 | Craig Silvey | Mixing |
| 27 | Dani Spragg | Engineer |
| 28 | Clare Taylor | Violin |
| 29 | Mike Title | Art Direction |
| 30 | Ben Trigg | Cello |
| 31 | Valerie Wellbanks | Cello |
| 32 | Ash Workman | Producer |
Baxter Dury
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |